Three ways the Apple Watch will change your life

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By Spencer Cain
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In case you've been shielding yourself from social media, the Apple Watch debuted today in true Apple fashion: a mysterious press conference in Silicon Valley, where CEO Tim Cook spouted off stats to the tech-obsessed. Cook also introduced the new MacBook (which is available in gold — you know Kim K will be the first to have her hands on that bad boy), and a streaming service called HBO NOW (learn more about that here). Anyway, back to the fancy time-piece, which will casually run you from USD$349 to $10,000. While we've been curious about it since rumours started last year, we were always a little skeptical about what it actually does. But now, we're totally sold — and here are three things you'll be able to do with the Apple Watch...

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1) It will get you supermodel-fit in no time. OK, not exactly… but Christy Turlington is the face of the watch (#random), and claims the fitness app — which measures your daily steps, calorie intake and everything in between — will help her beat her marathon time. And TBH, if it's good enough for her, it's good enough for us.

2) It will tell you exactly how much you can blow at the bar (or, ya know, on ASOS). Amazing money management app (AKA budgeting for beginners) Mint will now be on your wrist — so there's literally no excuse when you're rummaging for rent money on the last day of the month.

Pictures: Rex, Getty

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3) Your stressful charging days may very well be over. Well, you'll still have to beg every restaurant employee in town to re-up your iPhone 6 on a long night out, but the Apple Watch features an #AllDay (Kanye voice) battery life that goes for 18 hours. There's a magnetic charger in the back (pictured), which will also cut back on what you have to stow in your bag. Oh, and we forgot to mention you can make calls with just the watch, and will receive notifications when an iMessage or text comes through without having to pull your phone out of your pocket. Life = changed (and before you ask, there's no way to access Tinder yet…).